Santa Clara County Bird List 2020

Cumulative list compiled and discussions written by Brooke Miller. Monthly reports are made up of both eBird sightings and postings on South Bay Birds. Please email additions, corrections, or comments to Brooke at idbirds@me.com.

Please post all your sightings to southbaybirds@groups.io and/or eBird.

See the Santa Clara County Bird List Discussion Archive 2020 or view all the cumulative year lists.

Discussion for December 2020

For December we had 1 countable bird, ending the year with a total of 295 birds, the highest count for the county since 1998. The average for the month of December is 3 new birds, and the average annual total is 286 birds. I also kept track, separately, of the birds that are not ABA-countable, of which there were none in December. Thank you to everyone who birded, and who took the time to report birds either on SBB, eBird, or send emails directly to me.

The one new bird found in December was a Brant (6), found by Ryan Phillips, at Shoreline Park in Mountain View, on 7-December.

My monthly reports are made up of eBird sightings, postings on SBB, and direct emails. You can find all the monthly cumulative lists here. Please post all your sightings to: south-bay-birds@groups.io or to www.eBird.org.

Please contact me if you find errors or omissions, or have questions or comments.

I hope to see many of you out birding in the field in 2021.

Brooke Miller

Birds observed through December 2020

Bird Name 2020 date RARITY OBSERVER
Fulvous Whistling-Duck 6
Snow Goose 1/1/2020 4 M.Ob.
Ross's Goose 1/15/2020 4 GL
Greater White-fronted Goose 1/1/2020 4 M.Ob.
Brant 12/7/2020 6 RPh
Cackling Goose 1/1/2020 3 M.Ob.
Canada Goose 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Tundra Swan 10/27/2020 5 BBo
Wood Duck 1/2/2020 3 TB
Garganey 6
Blue-winged Teal 1/1/2020 4 M.Ob.
Cinnamon Teal 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Northern Shoveler 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Gadwall 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Eurasian Wigeon 1/1/2020 4 M.Ob.
American Wigeon 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Mallard 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Northern Pintail 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Green-winged Teal 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Canvasback 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Redhead 1/1/2020 3 M.Ob.
Ring-necked Duck 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Tufted Duck 5
Greater Scaup 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Lesser Scaup 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Surf Scoter 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
White-winged Scoter 5
Black Scoter 6
Long-tailed Duck 5
Bufflehead 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Common Goldeneye 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Barrow's Goldeneye 1/1/2020 4 M.Ob.
Hooded Merganser 1/1/2020 3 M.Ob.
Common Merganser 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Red-breasted Merganser 1/1/2020 3 BM, MVo
Ruddy Duck 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Mountain Quail 5
California Quail 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Ring-necked Pheasant 1/3/2020 3 BPe
Wild Turkey 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Pied-billed Grebe 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Horned Grebe 1/1/2020 3 M.Ob.
Red-necked Grebe 5
Eared Grebe 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Western Grebe 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Clark's Grebe 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Rock Pigeon 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Band-tailed Pigeon 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1/1/2020 3 M.Ob.
White-winged Dove 9/2/2020 6 PDu
Mourning Dove 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 6
Greater Roadrunner 2/10/2020 4 CE
Lesser Nighthawk 6
Common Nighthawk 6
Common Poorwill 3/4/2020 3 BPe
Black Swift 5
Chimney Swift 6
Vaux's Swift 3/13/2020 3 BM
White-throated Swift 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Black-chinned Hummingbird 4/5/2020 4 BM
Anna's Hummingbird 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Costa's Hummingbird 8/19/2020 5 Anonymous
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 6
Rufous Hummingbird 2/27/2020 4 GL
Allen's Hummingbird 1/28/2020 3 BPe, KONe
Calliope Hummingbird 4/5/2020 5 JPa
Yellow Rail 6
Black Rail 1/31/2020 5 Sensitive Species
Ridgway's Rail 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Virginia Rail 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Sora 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Common Gallinule 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
American Coot 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Sandhill Crane 6
Black-necked Stilt 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
American Avocet 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Black Oystercatcher 6
Black-bellied Plover 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
American Golden-Plover 5
Pacific Golden-Plover 10/13/2020 5 FV
Snowy Plover 3/1/2020 4 RGJ, MJM, MMR
Semipalmated Plover 1/8/2020 2 ILo
Killdeer 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Mountain Plover 6
Whimbrel 1/1/2020 3 M.Ob.
Long-billed Curlew 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Bar-tailed Godwit 6
Hudsonian Godwit 6
Marbled Godwit 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Ruddy Turnstone 4/26/2020 5 ABu
Black Turnstone 8/31/2020 6 DaC
Red Knot 4/20/2020 5 StSa
Ruff 8/12/2020 4 MAm
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 6
Stilt Sandpiper 4
Curlew Sandpiper 6
Sanderling 1/5/2020 4 STu
Dunlin 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Baird's Sandpiper 9/2/2020 4 MJM
Little Stint 6
Least Sandpiper 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
White-rumped Sandpiper 6
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 6
Pectoral Sandpiper 9/5/2020 4 MI
Semipalmated Sandpiper 7/2/2020 4 PDu
Western Sandpiper 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Short-billed Dowitcher 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Long-billed Dowitcher 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Wilson's Snipe 1/1/2020 3 GRy
Spotted Sandpiper 1/1/2020 3 GRy, SWe
Solitary Sandpiper 4/23/2020 5 SaWe et al
Wandering Tattler 9/27/2020 6 JMu
Lesser Yellowlegs 1/1/2020 3 M.Ob.
Willet 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Greater Yellowlegs 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Wilson's Phalarope 5/27/2020 2 DWe
Red-necked Phalarope 4/11/2020 2 M.Ob.
Red Phalarope 9/21/2020 5 RPh
Pomarine Jaeger 6
Parasitic Jaeger 9/2/2020 5 STu
Long-tailed Jaeger 8/4/2020 6 EDa
Common Murre 8/25/2020 5 BM
Pigeon Guillemot 6
Ancient Murrelet 6
Cassin's Auklet 6
Black-legged Kittiwake 6
Sabine's Gull 9/5/2020 5 ABu, GL, SWe
Bonaparte's Gull 1/1/2020 2 BL-L, VL-L
Black-headed Gull 6
Little Gull 6
Laughing Gull 6
Franklin's Gull 5/21/2020 5 ABu
Heermann's Gull 5
Mew Gull 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Ring-billed Gull 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Western Gull 1/1/2020 1 MMR
California Gull 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Herring Gull 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Iceland Gull 1/1/2020 3 M.Ob.
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1/11/2020 6 SRot
Slaty-backed Gull 6
Glaucous-winged Gull 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Glaucous Gull 1/11/2020 4 SRot
Least Tern 7/9/2020 4 EMe
Gull-billed Tern 6
Caspian Tern 3/14/2020 2 MSh
Black Tern 5
Common Tern 7/5/2020 4 LuSt, MaSt
Arctic Tern 6
Forster's Tern 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Elegant Tern 7/30/2020 4 SLu
Black Skimmer 1/20/2020 4 BK, JMc
Red-throated Loon 4
Arctic Loon 6
Pacific Loon 5
Common Loon 10/24/2020 4 JMu
Yellow-billed Loon 6
Northern Fulmar 6
Sooty Shearwater 6
Ashy Storm-Petrel 6
Magnificent Frigatebird 6
Brown Booby 6
Brandt's Cormorant 8/26/2020 6 RBh
Double-crested Cormorant 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Pelagic Cormorant 6
American White Pelican 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Brown Pelican 1/12/2020 3 TCh
American Bittern 1/20/2020 4 AHow
Least Bittern 6
Great Blue Heron 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Great Egret 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Snowy Egret 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Little Blue Heron 5
Cattle Egret 11/11/2020 5 CVR
Green Heron 1/1/2020 3 M.Ob.
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Glossy Ibis 6
White-faced Ibis 1/12/2020 4 BPe, KONe
Turkey Vulture 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
California Condor 6
Osprey 1/2/2020 3 SWe
White-tailed Kite 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Bald Eagle 1/1/2020 4 M.Ob.
Northern Harrier 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1/1/2020 2 GRy, SWe
Cooper's Hawk 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Northern Goshawk 6
Red-shouldered Hawk 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Broad-winged Hawk 6
Swainson's Hawk 3/28/2020 5 SRot
Zone-tailed Hawk 6
Red-tailed Hawk 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Rough-legged Hawk 5
Ferruginous Hawk 1/1/2020 4 MJM
Golden Eagle 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Barn Owl 1/2/2020 2 JCho, JC GB
Flammulated Owl 6
Western Screech-Owl 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Great Horned Owl 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Northern Pygmy-Owl 1/1/2020 3 RGJ, MMR
Burrowing Owl 1/1/2020 3 MMR
Long-eared Owl 4
Short-eared Owl 1/20/2020 4 MJM
Northern Saw-whet Owl 1/1/2020 3 RGJ, MMR
Belted Kingfisher 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Lewis's Woodpecker 1/2/2020 3 M.Ob.
Acorn Woodpecker 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Williamson's Sapsucker 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1/2/2020 5 JPa
Red-naped Sapsucker 1/26/2020 5 MJM
Red-breasted Sapsucker 1/1/2020 3 M.Ob.
Nuttall's Woodpecker 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Downy Woodpecker 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Hairy Woodpecker 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Northern Flicker 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Pileated Woodpecker 1/1/2020 4 M.Ob.
Crested Caracara 6
American Kestrel 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Merlin 1/1/2020 3 M.Ob.
Peregrine Falcon 1/1/2020 3 M.Ob.
Prairie Falcon 1/5/2020 4 JChi
Olive-sided Flycatcher 4/16/2020 3 MVo
Western Wood-Pewee 4/15/2020 2 JPa
Willow Flycatcher 5/28/2020 4 Hmo
Least Flycatcher 6
Hammond's Flycatcher 4/12/2020 5 CJo
Gray Flycatcher 5
Dusky Flycatcher 5/2/2020 5 JVa
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 3/17/2020 2 BM
Black Phoebe 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Eastern Phoebe 6
Say's Phoebe 1/1/2020 3 M.Ob.
Vermilion Flycatcher 4/13/2020 6 KONe, BPe
Ash-throated Flycatcher 2/11/2020 2 CE
Tropical Kingbird 1/1/2020 6 WGB
Thick-billed Kingbird 10/7/2020 6 WGB
Cassin's Kingbird 2/26/2020 5 BHi, PLy, MJM, EMe
Western Kingbird 3/5/2020 2 WGB
Eastern Kingbird 6
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 6
Loggerhead Shrike 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Northern Shrike 6
White-eyed Vireo 6
Bell's Vireo 6
Hutton's Vireo 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Yellow-throated Vireo 6
Cassin's Vireo 3/30/2020 2 M.Ob.
Blue-headed Vireo 6
Plumbeous Vireo 2/16/2020 6 GZ
Philadelphia Vireo 6
Warbling Vireo 3/6/2020 2 BM, JPa
Red-eyed Vireo 7/31/2020 6 had
Pinyon Jay 6
Steller's Jay 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
California Scrub-Jay 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Clark's Nutcracker 6
Black-billed Magpie 6
Yellow-billed Magpie 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
American Crow 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Common Raven 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Horned Lark 1/4/2020 3 M.Ob.
Purple Martin 3/28/2020 4 CVR
Tree Swallow 1/1/2020 2 RGJ, MMR
Violet-green Swallow 1/1/2020 1 MVo
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2/18/2020 2 BPe
Bank Swallow 5/22/2020 5 MJM
Cliff Swallow 2/24/2020 1 JVa
Barn Swallow 1/1/2020 1 MJM
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Oak Titmouse 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Bushtit 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1/1/2020 4 M.Ob.
White-breasted Nuthatch 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Pygmy Nuthatch 1/1/2020 4 JTom, GZ
Brown Creeper 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Rock Wren 1/1/2020 4 M.Ob.
Canyon Wren 1/3/2020 4 BPe
House Wren 1/1/2020 2 RGJ, MMR
Pacific Wren 1/1/2020 3 RGJ, MMR
Marsh Wren 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Bewick's Wren 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1/6/2020 2 JPa
American Dipper 1/1/2020 4 RGJ, MMR
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1/1/2020 3 RGJ, MMR
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Arctic Warbler 6
Wrentit 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Western Bluebird 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Mountain Bluebird 11/15/2020 6 BG
Townsend's Solitaire 4/19/2020 5 EG
Swainson's Thrush 4/18/2020 2 MMR
Hermit Thrush 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Wood Thrush 6
American Robin 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Varied Thrush 1/1/2020 3 M.Ob.
Gray Catbird 6
Brown Thrasher 6
California Thrasher 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Sage Thrasher 6
Northern Mockingbird 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
European Starling 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Bohemian Waxwing 6
Cedar Waxwing 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Phainopepla 1/1/2020 4 JPa, TCh
House Sparrow 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
White Wagtail 6
Red-throated Pipit 6
American Pipit 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Evening Grosbeak 1/1/2020 5 M.Ob.
House Finch 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Purple Finch 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Cassin's Finch 11/5/2020 6 EG
Red Crossbill 1/1/2020 5 STu
Pine Siskin 1/1/2020 3 M.Ob.
Lesser Goldfinch 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Lawrence's Goldfinch 1/2/2020 3 M.Ob.
American Goldfinch 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Lapland Longspur 6
Chestnut-collared Longspur 6
Snow Bunting 6
Green-tailed Towhee 9/13/2020 5 MBa
Spotted Towhee 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Rufous-crowned Sparrow 1/1/2020 3 DN
California Towhee 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
American Tree Sparrow 6
Chipping Sparrow 1/1/2020 3 JPa, GRy
Clay-colored Sparrow 8/30/2020 5 BM
Brewer's Sparrow 8/26/2020 5 EMe
Black-chinned Sparrow 5/9/2020 4 KONe, BPe
Vesper Sparrow 9/19/2020 5 MAm
Lark Sparrow 1/2/2020 2 RGJ, MMR
Black-throated Sparrow 6
Bell's Sparrow 1/2/2020 3 M.Ob.
LeConte's Sparrow 6
Lark Bunting 6
Savannah Sparrow 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Grasshopper Sparrow 1/12/2020 4 BM
Nelson's Sparrow 5
Fox Sparrow 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Song Sparrow 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Lincoln's Sparrow 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Swamp Sparrow 1/10/2020 5 BM, RWR
White-throated Sparrow 1/1/2020 4 KBu, JPa
Harris's Sparrow 6
White-crowned Sparrow 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Golden-crowned Sparrow 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Dark-eyed Junco 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Yellow-breasted Chat 4/26/2020 5 Anonymous
Yellow-headed Blackbird 1/1/2020 5 BM
Bobolink 6
Western Meadowlark 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Orchard Oriole 10/25/2020 6 GZ
Hooded Oriole 2/15/2020 3 AFl
Bullock's Oriole 1/23/2020 1 GL
Baltimore Oriole 6
Scott's Oriole 6
Red-winged Blackbird 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Tricolored Blackbird 1/1/2020 3 M.Ob.
Brown-headed Cowbird 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Rusty Blackbird 6
Brewer's Blackbird 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Great-tailed Grackle 1/1/2020 4 M.Ob.
Ovenbird 5/31/2020 6 JBa
Worm-eating Warbler 6
Louisiana Waterthrush 6
Northern Waterthrush 8/26/2020 5 MDd
Black-and-white Warbler 5/6/2020 5 JPa
Prothonotary Warbler 6
Tennessee Warbler 9/19/2020 6 Anonymous
Orange-crowned Warbler 1/1/2020 1 VMcM, EMe
Lucy's Warbler 6
Nashville Warbler 4/9/2020 4 BM
Virginia's Warbler 6
Connecticut Warbler 6
MacGillivray's Warbler 4/15/2020 4 AMR, NLv
Chestnut-sided Warbler 10/3/2020 6 AL
Kentucky Warbler 6
Common Yellowthroat 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Hooded Warbler 5/30/2020 6 PWi
American Redstart 9/27/2020 5 JMD
Cape May Warbler 6
Northern Parula 5/21/2020 6 JPa
Magnolia Warbler 6/4/2020 6 MJM, Lmu
Bay-breasted Warbler 9/26/2020 6 SLeC,MLeC,BM
Blackburnian Warbler 11/10/2020 6 CO
Yellow Warbler 1/11/2020 1 SRot
Blackpoll Warbler 9/26/2020 5 STu
Black-throated Blue Warbler 6
Palm Warbler 1/2/2020 5 SWe
Pine Warbler 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1/1/2020 1 M.Ob.
Prairie Warbler 6
Black-throated Gray Warbler 1/20/2020 3 JVa
Townsend's Warbler 1/1/2020 2 M.Ob.
Hermit Warbler 4/10/2020 4 PWi
Black-throated Green Warbler 6
Canada Warbler 6
Wilson's Warbler 3/15/2020 1 SMA
Summer Tanager 1/16/2020 5 JiD
Scarlet Tanager 6
Western Tanager 1/1/2020 3 GZ
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6/4/2020 5 TGi
Black-headed Grosbeak 1/3/2020 1 AHe
Blue Grosbeak 4/28/2020 4 MoN, BStr
Lazuli Bunting 4/12/2020 2 STu
Indigo Bunting 5
Painted Bunting 6
Dickcissel 6
TOTAL: 295
NOT ABA Countable:
Mandarin Duck 7/24/2020 DN
Mitred Parakeet 1/1/2020 PLy, EMe
Scaly-breasted Munia 1/7/2020 CE
Nanday Parakeet
Red-masked Parakeet 1/2/2020 GZ, JZ
Northern Red Bishop 4/25/2020 Chuq's Yard
European Goldfinch 11/15/2020 Anonymous

Observer Codes*

Abbreviation Name
ABu Adam Burnett
AFl Allison Fluty
AHe Ann Hep
AHow Andy Howey
AL Amy & James Lauterbach
AMR Alex Rinkert
BBo Bob Bolles
BG Bobbi Goodman
BK Brian Kent
BL-L Barry Langdon-Lassagne
BHi Bob Hirt
BM Brooke Miller
BPe Bill Pelletier
BStr Bob Strobe
CE Craige Edgerton
CJo Chris Johnson
CO Carlin Otto
COv Chris Overington
CVR Chuq Von Rospach
DaC David C
DN David Nickerson
DWe Dave Weber
EDa Emilie Danna
EG Elinor Gates
EMe Eve Meier
FV Frank Vanslager
GL Garrett Lau
GRy Gordon Rydquist
GZ Gena Zolotar
HDa Hallie Daly
HMo Hita Modha
ILo Irby Lovette
JBa Jasper Barnes
JC GB ---
JChi Jim Chiropolos
JCho Jason Chou
JMD Mike Danzenbaker
JMc Josh McLaughlin
JMu Julio Mulero
JPa Janna Pauser
JTom Jack Tomlin
JVa Jason Vassallo
JZ Jeff Zolotar
KBu Karen Burnson
KONe Kitty O'Neill
LMu Liam Murphy
LuSt Lucas Stephenson
M.Ob. Multiple Observers
MAm Mike Ambrose
MBa Meg Barron
MDd Matthew Dodder
MI Monica Iglecia
MLeC Mark LeClair
MJM Mike Mammoser
MMR Mike Rogers
MoN Monica N
MSh Mike Shafto
MaSt Mark Stephenson
MVo Mike Voydanoff
NLv Nick Levendosky
PDu Pete Dunten
PLy Pat Lynch
PWi Peter Wilton
RBh Raja Bhadury
RGJ Richard Jeffers
RPh Ryan Phillips
RWR Bob Reiling
Sensitive Species ---
SLeC Susan LeClair
SLu Sha Lu
SMA Sean Mac Aodha
SRot Steve Rottenborn
StSa Steve Sanders
STu Steve Tucker
SWe Susan Weinstein
TB Terry Blows
TCh Tom Cho
TGi Taylor Gilbert
VL-L Virginia Langdon-Lassagne
VMcM Virginia McManus
WGB Bill Bousman

Rarity Codes**

1 = common, always seen in habitat in season.
2 = fairly common, usually in habitat in season, but missed sometimes.
3 = uncommon, always around, but sometimes you can't find.
4 = rare, occurs yearly in the county, but not always in same places.
5 = very rare, does not occur every year.
6 = casual or vagrant, generally fewer than 10 records.